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Inside pictures: a view of the Louvre Museum in Paris from the underground lobby of the pyramid. The pyramid in the Cour Napoléon shown on a schematic of the Louvre. The Grand Louvre project was announced in 1981 by François Mitterrand, the President of France. In 1983 the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei was selected as its architect ...
A full-scale mock-up of the pyramid was erected in 1985 with the intent to persuade the project's critics that it would fit in its surroundings [4]. François Mitterrand unexpectedly announced his decision to remove the Finance Ministry from the Louvre and dedicate the entire building to museum use at the end of his first presidential press conference on 24 September 1981.
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North wing of Louvre facing main courtyard. The Louvre Palace (French: Palais du Louvre, [palɛ dy luvʁ]), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.
The courtyard surrounding the Louvre Museum's pyramid in Paris will disappear this week as part of the celebrations of the iconic monument's 30th anniversary. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
France will launch a six-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris, enlarging the world's most-visited museum to make room for the huge crowds who now cram inside the palace on the banks of the Seine ...
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